Golden Carpet Sedum Lawn

Lovely in a combination container with other succulents.

Golden carpet sedum lawn.

Flowers are yellow star shaped and appear in loose clusters at the ends of the stems in late. It displaces moss crusts and native species such as lomatium nudicaule and artemesia campestris. Also a good choice for tubs and mixed containers. Sedum gold carpet common name stonecrop a ground hugging stonecrop the notched succulent foliage travels in whorls along arching stems ending with perfect rosettes at each tip.

Small clusters of tiny star shaped bright yellow flowers adorned with protruding stamens bloom just above the foliage throughout most of the summer. Sedum acre is aggressivly invading coastal strand plant communities in washington state. The plant has padded evergreen leaves that are yellow with pink or red tips. Vigorous sedum acre spreads quickly and can be used to create a.

Because the stems break easily your sedum lawn substitute may end up looking like a war zone with smashed plants and stems and leaves hither and thither. It has golden yellow flowers in june. The low growing varieties of sedum perform very well as groundcover but in heavy use areas they suffer a less than pleasing effect. Excellent as a lawn substitute.

A fast grower this is best kept away from slower alpine plants that it might smother. Phedimus kamtschaticus golden carpet formerly known as sedum kamtschaticus golden carpet is a low growing succulent up to 4 inches 10 cm tall with a dense creeping habit. Starry yellow flowers begin in late spring. Very hardy and drought tolerant sedum acre gold moss is a low growing mat forming evergreen succulent perennial with tangled stems clothed with conical bright green leaves.

Birds and rodents can become a problem in a sedum lawn too. A community effort to remove sedum acre from point wilson at fort worden state park is looking for more information on erradication techniques. Sedum gold carpet is a low growing stonecrop perfect for tucking into rock gardens. Golden carpet sedum is the most shade tolerant.

Tiny golden star flowers appear in early summer. Because i already had this succulent growing along my dry streambed i simply lifted chunks of it and planted them a foot apart across the expanse that was once lawn. Creeping potentilla is another one of our natives which grows in sun to moderate shade. It has fleshy toothed green leaves brighter than p.